A Packed Program Driving Digital Transformation Forward

Kindly note that on April 13, 2026,
the General Member Assembly (4 pm)
and the Pre-Evening Event (6 pm)
will take place prior to the main conference program.

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Day 1

Day 2

Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.

All
Welcome
Lecture
Keynote
workshop
break
DATE
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Auditory 2
(2nd floor)
Auditory 3
(2nd floor)
Auditory 4
(2nd floor)
Auditory 5
(2nd floor)
Auditory 6
(3rd floor)
10:00
Welcome
Welcome & Opening
Speaker

Susanne Schöne

Philipp Wibbing

Board Member, UNITY | Expert in Digitalization & AI – Automotive & Healthcare

10:15 - 10:25
Welcome
prostep ivip Board Synchro
10:25 - 11:00
Keynote
Keynote CONTACT Software - Europe’s Industrial Moment: Why AI-Driven Platforms Outcompete Point Solutions

Dr. Patrick Müller

Chief Customer Officer at CONTACT Software

Frank Patz-Brockmann

Chief Product Officer at CONTACT Software

11:00 - 11:35
Keynote
Keynote STACKIT - Schwarz Digits als Trust Broker für Europa's industrielle digitale Transformation

Ghoutam Banerjee

Vice President Partner Ecosystems & Growth at STACKIT

11:35 - 12:10
Keynote
Keynote AVL
12:15 - 13:45
Break
Lunch Break, Exhibition, Guided Tours & Networking
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
13:45 - 14:15
Lecture
Engineering Redefined: Volkswagen’s AI Blueprint for the Customer-Defined Vehicle Part 1/2

Thomas Kamla

Volkswagen AG

Michele Del Mondo

Senior Director - Global Advisor Automotive at PTC

Frédéric Besson

Dassault Systèmes

Robert Lokner

Microsoft

Lecture
Knowledge Brep-Graph: Enabling Collaborative Digital Engineering with STEP and Knowledge Graphs in the Age of Software-Centric Product Development

Julian Gebhard

Mercedes-Benz AG

Yübo Wang

Mercedes-Benz AG

Lecture
Shift Left Approach: System Integration Simulation with Software-in-the-Loop (SIL)

Karsten Krügel

dSPACE GmbH

Dr. Simon Olma

IAV GmbH

Lecture
JT as the standard format for tomorrow's digital world

Bernd Watzal

Mercedes-Benz AG

Thomas Ott

Aumovio

Workshop
SW-Defined-Defense and SW-Defined-Vehicles: Benefits, limitations and strategies for AI adoption Part 1/3

Hans-Jürgen Mantsch

Siemens Industry Software

TBD

Rheinmetall

Workshop
AI-Powered Homologation: Transforming Vehicle Approval Processes through Digitalization Part 1/3

Wolfgang Bern

Bern GmbH

Christian Kaptur

Dataciders GmbH

14:20 - 14:50
Lecture
Engineering Redefined: Volkswagen’s AI Blueprint for the Customer-Defined Vehicle Part 2/2

Thomas Kamla

Volkswagen AG

Michele Del Mondo

Senior Director - Global Advisor Automotive at PTC

Frédéric Besson

Dassault Systèmes

Robert Lokner

Microsoft

Lecture
Driving ECU Architectural Decisions with SysML v2, vECU and SSP

Dr. Hasan Esen

Senior Technical Manager at DENSO AUTOMOTIVE Deutschland GmbH

Oliver Bleisinger

:em engineering methods AG

Lecture
Rethinking Engineering with Siemens and Accenture

Jannik Seger

Senior Business Development & GTM Lead at Siemens AG

Mark Fischer

Accenture GmbH

Lecture
AI based driver for Vehicle Dynamics Simulation

Dr. Ronaldo Nunes

Mercedes-Benz AG

Tobias Heel

Management at TWT GmbH

Workshop
SW-Defined-Defense and SW-Defined-Vehicles: Benefits, limitations and strategies for AI adoption Part 2/3

Hans-Jürgen Mantsch

Siemens Industry Software

TBD

Rheinmetall

Workshop
AI-Powered Homologation: Transforming Vehicle Approval Processes through Digitalization Part 2/3

Wolfgang Bern

Bern GmbH

Christian Kaptur

Dataciders GmbH

14:55 - 15:25
Lecture
Accelerating Mazda’s Automotive Future: Holistic Application Lifecycle Management for Agile, Quality-Driven SDV Development

Tomohiko Adachi

Supreme Principal engineer at Mazda Motor Corporation

Christoph Braeuchle

PTC

Lecture
Premium Partner
Lecture
No Semantics, No Intelligence: Why Agentic AI Remains Blind Without FDX

Dr. Ronaldo Nunes

Mercedes-Benz AG

Michael Baumann

Karakun AG

Lecture
Multimodal 3D Similarity Search: A Perspective on Research, Product Development, and Practical Application

Christian Lamping

Big Dutchman AG

Tin Barisin

Senior Research Scientist at CONTACT Software

Workshop
SW-Defined-Defense and SW-Defined-Vehicles: Benefits, limitations and strategies for AI adoption Part 3/3

Hans-Jürgen Mantsch

Siemens Industry Software

TBD

Rheinmetall

Workshop
AI-Powered Homologation: Transforming Vehicle Approval Processes through Digitalization Part 3/3

Wolfgang Bern

Bern GmbH

Christian Kaptur

Dataciders GmbH

15:30 - 16:00
Break
Coffee Break, Exhibition, Guided Tours & Networking
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
16:00 - 16:30
Lecture
AI-driven Requirements Engineering for Product Development

Dr. Nicole Göckel

CONTACT Software GmbH

Alexander Krimm

Woco Industrietechnik GmbH

Lecture
From Simulation to Impact: Results from the Horizon Europe Research Project AccCellBaT

Daniel Krems

Strategic Initiatives Manager at AVL List GmbH

Sebastian Dörr

CONWEAVER GmbH

Lecture
SMART Standards – Uniting Industries Through a Common Language for Digital Engineering

Bernd Feldvoss

Airbus

Sven Bergander

Managing Director at DIN Solutions GmbH

Lecture
Expert Corner: Engineering at Digital Speed Part 1/2

Dr. Henrik Weimer

Digital Engineering & Enterprise Transformation Leader at Airbus

Kenneth Swope

Senior Manager - Digital & Systems Engineering at The Boeing Company

Rainer Eidloth

Schaeffler

Robert Lokner

Microsoft

Workshop
From Models to Agents: Bringing SDVxMBSE to Life with Agentic AI Part 1/3

Prof. Dr. Dirk Slama

Vice President at Bosch

Workshop
New Work meets Engineering: A Systematic Path to Future-Proof Development Processes Part 1/3

Juliane Balder

Technische Universität Berlin

16:35 - 17:05
Lecture
AI based support of vehicle launch process - example wiring harness

Dr. Volker Schmid

Senior Manager VAN development E/E Powersystems at Mercedes-Benz AG

Dr. Peyman Merat

UNITY AG

Lecture
From AI solutions to agentic car development

Jens Krueger

Executive Consultant - AI in Engineering at NTT DATA

Mathias Lichy

AI Program Manager R&D at Audi AG

Lecture
MBSE@Schaeffler - Enabler of the Digital Thread?

Till Reymann

Schaeffler AG

Klaus Mai

Head of Digital Engineering at :em engineering methods AG

Lecture
Expert Corner: Engineering at Digital Speed Part 2/2

Dr. Henrik Weimer

Digital Engineering & Enterprise Transformation Leader at Airbus

Kenneth Swope

Senior Manager - Digital & Systems Engineering at The Boeing Company

Rainer Eidloth

Schaeffler

Robert Lokner

Microsoft

Workshop
From Models to Agents: Bringing SDVxMBSE to Life with Agentic AI Part 2/3

Prof. Dr. Dirk Slama

Vice President at Bosch

Workshop
New Work meets Engineering: A Systematic Path to Future-Proof Development Processes Part 2/3

Juliane Balder

Technische Universität Berlin

17:10 - 17:40
Lecture
Collaborative Digital Twins – Enabling Live Collaboration in Engineering: Project Results, Collaboration with Catena-X & Way Forward

Dr. Sebastian Handschuh

Head of Catena-X Architecture and Operation at Mercedes-Benz AG

Peter Gerber

Schaeffler AG

Lecture
The Role of Partnerships in Software Update Management: Business Opportunities and Operational Challenges

Dr. Thomas Dickopf

Software Update Management at AUDI AG

Lecture
Designing tomorrow’s CO₂ footprint today

Stefan Gattersleben

Product Owner Digitalization & Sustainability / Project Lead Digital Product Pass at Schaeffler AG

Agit Salcan

Key Account Manager Schaeffler Group

Lecture
Group Identity and Language: RAG in creating a common language platform

Katrin Fritz

Head of Identity & Accessmanagement at Volkswagen AG

Dr. Knut Stang

PROSTEP AG

Workshop
From Models to Agents: Bringing SDVxMBSE to Life with Agentic AI Part 3/3

Prof. Dr. Dirk Slama

Vice President at Bosch

Workshop
New Work meets Engineering: A Systematic Path to Future-Proof Development Processes Part 3/3

Juliane Balder

Technische Universität Berlin

17:45
Lecture
Get together
17:50
Lecture
Start up Pitch Award
18:15 - 18:45
Keynote
Beyond the Web: Why Context Is the True Foundation of Industrial AI

Robert Göbel

Co-Founder | Managing Director at SPREAD GmbH

EVENING EVENT, Honorary Award and Scientific Award from 7 p.m. to midnight on the 1st floor

Day 1

Day 2

Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.

All
Welcome
Lecture
Keynote
workshop
break
10:00
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Welcome
Welcome & Opening
Speaker

Susanne Schöne

Philipp Wibbing

Board Member, UNITY | Expert in Digitalization & AI – Automotive & Healthcare

10:15 - 10:25
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Welcome
prostep ivip Board Synchro
10:25 - 11:00
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Keynote
Keynote CONTACT Software - Europe’s Industrial Moment: Why AI-Driven Platforms Outcompete Point Solutions

Dr. Patrick Müller

Chief Customer Officer at CONTACT Software

Frank Patz-Brockmann

Chief Product Officer at CONTACT Software

11:00 - 11:35
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Keynote
Keynote STACKIT - Schwarz Digits als Trust Broker für Europa's industrielle digitale Transformation

Ghoutam Banerjee

Vice President Partner Ecosystems & Growth at STACKIT

11:35 - 12:10
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Keynote
Keynote AVL
12:15 - 13:45
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Break
Lunch Break, Exhibition, Guided Tours & Networking
Auditory 2
(2nd floor)
Break
Auditory 3
(2nd floor)
Break
Auditory 4
(2nd floor)
Break
Auditory 5
(2nd floor)
Break
Auditory 6
(3rd floor)
Break
13:45 - 14:15
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Lecture
Engineering Redefined: Volkswagen’s AI Blueprint for the Customer-Defined Vehicle Part 1/2

Thomas Kamla

Volkswagen AG

Michele Del Mondo

Senior Director - Global Advisor Automotive at PTC

Frédéric Besson

Dassault Systèmes

Robert Lokner

Microsoft

Auditory 2
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Knowledge Brep-Graph: Enabling Collaborative Digital Engineering with STEP and Knowledge Graphs in the Age of Software-Centric Product Development

Julian Gebhard

Mercedes-Benz AG

Yübo Wang

Mercedes-Benz AG

Auditory 3
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Shift Left Approach: System Integration Simulation with Software-in-the-Loop (SIL)

Karsten Krügel

dSPACE GmbH

Dr. Simon Olma

IAV GmbH

Auditory 4
(2nd floor)
Lecture
JT as the standard format for tomorrow's digital world

Bernd Watzal

Mercedes-Benz AG

Thomas Ott

Aumovio

Auditory 5
(2nd floor)
Workshop
SW-Defined-Defense and SW-Defined-Vehicles: Benefits, limitations and strategies for AI adoption Part 1/3

Hans-Jürgen Mantsch

Siemens Industry Software

TBD

Rheinmetall

Auditory 6
(3rd floor)
Workshop
AI-Powered Homologation: Transforming Vehicle Approval Processes through Digitalization Part 1/3

Wolfgang Bern

Bern GmbH

Christian Kaptur

Dataciders GmbH

14:20 - 14:50
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Lecture
Engineering Redefined: Volkswagen’s AI Blueprint for the Customer-Defined Vehicle Part 2/2

Thomas Kamla

Volkswagen AG

Michele Del Mondo

Senior Director - Global Advisor Automotive at PTC

Frédéric Besson

Dassault Systèmes

Robert Lokner

Microsoft

Auditory 2
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Driving ECU Architectural Decisions with SysML v2, vECU and SSP

Dr. Hasan Esen

Senior Technical Manager at DENSO AUTOMOTIVE Deutschland GmbH

Oliver Bleisinger

:em engineering methods AG

Auditory 3
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Rethinking Engineering with Siemens and Accenture

Jannik Seger

Senior Business Development & GTM Lead at Siemens AG

Mark Fischer

Accenture GmbH

Auditory 4
(2nd floor)
Lecture
AI based driver for Vehicle Dynamics Simulation

Dr. Ronaldo Nunes

Mercedes-Benz AG

Tobias Heel

Management at TWT GmbH

Auditory 5
(2nd floor)
Workshop
SW-Defined-Defense and SW-Defined-Vehicles: Benefits, limitations and strategies for AI adoption Part 2/3

Hans-Jürgen Mantsch

Siemens Industry Software

TBD

Rheinmetall

Auditory 6
(3rd floor)
Workshop
AI-Powered Homologation: Transforming Vehicle Approval Processes through Digitalization Part 2/3

Wolfgang Bern

Bern GmbH

Christian Kaptur

Dataciders GmbH

14:55 - 15:25
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Lecture
Accelerating Mazda’s Automotive Future: Holistic Application Lifecycle Management for Agile, Quality-Driven SDV Development

Tomohiko Adachi

Supreme Principal engineer at Mazda Motor Corporation

Christoph Braeuchle

PTC

Auditory 2
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Premium Partner
Auditory 3
(2nd floor)
Lecture
No Semantics, No Intelligence: Why Agentic AI Remains Blind Without FDX

Dr. Ronaldo Nunes

Mercedes-Benz AG

Michael Baumann

Karakun AG

Auditory 4
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Multimodal 3D Similarity Search: A Perspective on Research, Product Development, and Practical Application

Christian Lamping

Big Dutchman AG

Tin Barisin

Senior Research Scientist at CONTACT Software

Auditory 5
(2nd floor)
Workshop
SW-Defined-Defense and SW-Defined-Vehicles: Benefits, limitations and strategies for AI adoption Part 3/3

Hans-Jürgen Mantsch

Siemens Industry Software

TBD

Rheinmetall

Auditory 6
(3rd floor)
Workshop
AI-Powered Homologation: Transforming Vehicle Approval Processes through Digitalization Part 3/3

Wolfgang Bern

Bern GmbH

Christian Kaptur

Dataciders GmbH

15:30 - 16:00
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Break
Coffee Break, Exhibition, Guided Tours & Networking
Auditory 2
(2nd floor)
Break
Auditory 3
(2nd floor)
Break
Auditory 4
(2nd floor)
Break
Auditory 5
(2nd floor)
Break
Auditory 6
(3rd floor)
Break
16:00 - 16:30
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Lecture
AI-driven Requirements Engineering for Product Development

Dr. Nicole Göckel

CONTACT Software GmbH

Alexander Krimm

Woco Industrietechnik GmbH

Auditory 2
(2nd floor)
Lecture
From Simulation to Impact: Results from the Horizon Europe Research Project AccCellBaT

Daniel Krems

Strategic Initiatives Manager at AVL List GmbH

Sebastian Dörr

CONWEAVER GmbH

Auditory 3
(2nd floor)
Lecture
SMART Standards – Uniting Industries Through a Common Language for Digital Engineering

Bernd Feldvoss

Airbus

Sven Bergander

Managing Director at DIN Solutions GmbH

Auditory 4
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Expert Corner: Engineering at Digital Speed Part 1/2

Dr. Henrik Weimer

Digital Engineering & Enterprise Transformation Leader at Airbus

Kenneth Swope

Senior Manager - Digital & Systems Engineering at The Boeing Company

Rainer Eidloth

Schaeffler

Robert Lokner

Microsoft

Auditory 5
(2nd floor)
Workshop
From Models to Agents: Bringing SDVxMBSE to Life with Agentic AI Part 1/3

Prof. Dr. Dirk Slama

Vice President at Bosch

Auditory 6
(3rd floor)
Workshop
New Work meets Engineering: A Systematic Path to Future-Proof Development Processes Part 1/3

Juliane Balder

Technische Universität Berlin

16:35 - 17:05
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Lecture
AI based support of vehicle launch process - example wiring harness

Dr. Volker Schmid

Senior Manager VAN development E/E Powersystems at Mercedes-Benz AG

Dr. Peyman Merat

UNITY AG

Auditory 2
(2nd floor)
Lecture
From AI solutions to agentic car development

Jens Krueger

Executive Consultant - AI in Engineering at NTT DATA

Mathias Lichy

AI Program Manager R&D at Audi AG

Auditory 3
(2nd floor)
Lecture
MBSE@Schaeffler - Enabler of the Digital Thread?

Till Reymann

Schaeffler AG

Klaus Mai

Head of Digital Engineering at :em engineering methods AG

Auditory 4
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Expert Corner: Engineering at Digital Speed Part 2/2

Dr. Henrik Weimer

Digital Engineering & Enterprise Transformation Leader at Airbus

Kenneth Swope

Senior Manager - Digital & Systems Engineering at The Boeing Company

Rainer Eidloth

Schaeffler

Robert Lokner

Microsoft

Auditory 5
(2nd floor)
Workshop
From Models to Agents: Bringing SDVxMBSE to Life with Agentic AI Part 2/3

Prof. Dr. Dirk Slama

Vice President at Bosch

Auditory 6
(3rd floor)
Workshop
New Work meets Engineering: A Systematic Path to Future-Proof Development Processes Part 2/3

Juliane Balder

Technische Universität Berlin

17:10 - 17:40
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Lecture
Collaborative Digital Twins – Enabling Live Collaboration in Engineering: Project Results, Collaboration with Catena-X & Way Forward

Dr. Sebastian Handschuh

Head of Catena-X Architecture and Operation at Mercedes-Benz AG

Peter Gerber

Schaeffler AG

Auditory 2
(2nd floor)
Lecture
The Role of Partnerships in Software Update Management: Business Opportunities and Operational Challenges

Dr. Thomas Dickopf

Software Update Management at AUDI AG

Auditory 3
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Designing tomorrow’s CO₂ footprint today

Stefan Gattersleben

Product Owner Digitalization & Sustainability / Project Lead Digital Product Pass at Schaeffler AG

Agit Salcan

Key Account Manager Schaeffler Group

Auditory 4
(2nd floor)
Lecture
Group Identity and Language: RAG in creating a common language platform

Katrin Fritz

Head of Identity & Accessmanagement at Volkswagen AG

Dr. Knut Stang

PROSTEP AG

Auditory 5
(2nd floor)
Workshop
From Models to Agents: Bringing SDVxMBSE to Life with Agentic AI Part 3/3

Prof. Dr. Dirk Slama

Vice President at Bosch

Auditory 6
(3rd floor)
Workshop
New Work meets Engineering: A Systematic Path to Future-Proof Development Processes Part 3/3

Juliane Balder

Technische Universität Berlin

17:45
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Lecture
Get together
17:50
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Lecture
Start up Pitch Award
18:15 - 18:45
Plenary Hall
(4th floor)
Keynote
Beyond the Web: Why Context Is the True Foundation of Industrial AI

Robert Göbel

Co-Founder | Managing Director at SPREAD GmbH

EVENING EVENT, Honorary Award and Scientific Award from 7 p.m. to midnight on the 1st floor

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BECOME PROSTEP IVIP MEMBER NOW!

SEE YOU AT THE
PROSTEP IVIP SYMPOSIUM

The annual Symposium is the highlight of the prostep ivip community – a leading platform for industrial digital transformation. It connects industry, software vendors, and research to advance topics like Model-Based Systems Engineering, Software-Defined Products, Digital Twins, and AI-driven development.

BECOME PROSTEP IVIP MEMBER NOW!